ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · MS · GEOID 28782002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Waveland, Mississippi

Mean one-way trip33.0 min±10.6 min MOE
Worked from home7.2%±2.9 pp MOE
Drove alone83.7%±7.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip16.6%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute40.7 min → 33.0 min▼ 7.6 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.8% → 7.2%▲ 4.5 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.0% → 0.0%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.1% → 83.7%▲ 10.6 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.7% ±7.5 pp
Carpool5.3% ±4.3 pp
Public transit0.0% ±0.6 pp
Walk0.5% ±0.8 pp
Bicycle0.0% ±0.6 pp
Work from home7.2% ±2.9 pp

Each share uses 3,435 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

88thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 88% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

90th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 90% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate7,062± 49 MOE
Workers age 16+3,435± 425 MOE
Workers with travel time3,186± 442 MOE
Estimated home workers249± 103 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.